Survivors of the jungle ordeal must go on. No posing, no resting, no resorts or hotels. This is a survival game.
You must find a way to capture or kill your raptor. Four new teams will be joining you. These are the winners of the other four years.
This is now the battle of the survivors.
Your advantage: You are the first on the ground.
Don't hesitate to buy your cages, jeeps, tents and material which is offered to you via your sponsors. And now, all the shots are allowed. You are free to settle your accounts or to help each other.
You will see the REAL face of those around you. But first, let's unveil the cards
List of Mr. Kim's purchases
List of purchases of Kurtis, president of Artemis
Shopping list of Donovan and his undercover goons.
List of purchases for Trevis
Eva's shopping list
Eva, you should be a little more supportive of this unique and extraordinary adventure. But sponsors are betting on you now that you are the only female participant. Don't disappoint them.
When I got to Trevis' level, I slapped him in the face: "Your advertising distractions almost cost me my life!
-"It was to find you, my love."
"HA!"
And I turned my back on him: If he knew, he'd never sleep again!
We were supposed to arrive at a kosher temple, a breeding ground, but it was full of death traps.
The raptors had taken up residence there, but they were inhabitants of Arcadia and I had to save them too. They belonged with their families, not on this planet - circus.
I wanted to explode, scream, grunt my rage, soar into the sky and roar to signal that here I was the master.
I wanted to bake and roast these financial magnates. They belonged in the pit of my stomach. GRRR.
It itched like hell until Trevis pulled me out of my torpor and said:
- "The others have joined Kim. We're alone now. You're staying with me, right?"
"Trevisss, my little Trevis, if you only knew..." "Well, did you tell me the whole truth? Be frank and honest with me! What happens after the raptors are captured. Is it over? Is it?"
Trevis looked down: "NO!"
"There's the ultimate test!"
"A T rex? An Indoraptor?
- "No, worse, a dragon!!!!!!"
- "Did you know all along??????" I growled?
"Yes, but I wanted to tell you about it, but we didn't know each other well enough and I only had the opportunity to tell you now. It's great, isn't it? A dragon."
"Poor creature! Besides, you know that they are thinking and intelligent and very sensitive beings. "
"But we are hunters! And the dragon is a hunter too!"
"Ah, Trevis, forget it, you can't understand."
"Eva, aren't you going to tell me you feel sorry for those monsters? They are man-eaters and they have been hunted endlessly on their planet because of the devastation they have caused. They are fierce beasts that must be eliminated, pests! They are MONSTERS!"
"Yet some are emancipated on Earth, young dragons go to school with their fellow humans. We have to give them a chance, a new life, don't we?" I told him full of hope.
"They will NEVER grow up and when hunger and the desire to reproduce comes or some hormonal or other unknown trigger, they will turn against their friends and it will be carnage. MONSTERS, ALL of them, without exception!"
I was crying.
I was shocked, betrayed, broken again.
His words had been like knives stuck in my back
"has," I said.
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"Disappear," I repeated...
Trevis: "Sorry, I didn't know that..."
"Get out of my way, asshole! I don't ever wanna see you again!"
"But!"
"HOW DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU? NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, I'LL BITE YOU."
"Croque????"
"KILL YOU, YOU IDIOT"
I took a throwing knife and I shot him in the face. He ducked but had a gash on his cheek!!!
"Bitch!
"NEXT ONE I WON'T MISS! THIS SCAR, KEEP IT IN MEMORY OF ME!"
And I crawled into the deep jungle, crying.
I found the checkpoint and crossed the canopy via a liana bridge and thus arrived at the foot of a mountain. I still had to show my mountaineering skills and climb on difficult paths.
It was the solitary route, harder but less dangerous because of the low blows the others were making.
They left with jeeps and trucks via the valley but many killed each other.
Kim and Trevis were always competing, and in rage at wanting to take revenge on me, he arranged with Kim to get more equipment and men through their payment terminal. Men from the defeated teams of previous years joined them.
Even though there were only three of us officially, we were allowed to have men and mercenaries to support us. It was cheating but cheating financed for the good profits of Artemis Co.
So I walked along the rock face and I followed the path halfway up, half climbing. At least from here I could see the temple and my destination for the final battle.
I really couldn't transform myself and blam blam the whole mess because I still had the mission of Kim, the bloody Kim for World!
The rescue of Darkia being only an extra for me!
GRRR damn slave status!!!!!!!
I saw the raptors, but I was too late! They were being captured and anesthetized. I was in danger of being eliminated. I had to do something.
YES, the cars, I recognize them!
EXPLOSIVE GLYPHS
BANG BANG BANG, and ammunition dump BABABABANG!
A carnage and everything was on fire, the temple too.
The explosions triggered the artificial eruption of the volcano and the lava took its way into the irrigation system of the temple and melted everything in its path.
The raptors woke up and the others were enraged and the carnage began. They attacked first the men on the ground and those wounded by the explosions of the ammunition stockpile.
This was not foreseen by the organization and holograms were launched and then stopped to avoid damaging the reputation of the game. The organisers then used the incident as a normal event and Kurtis took the floor.
Unforeseen events and accidents have happened in these interplanetary games, but the unexpected is also what spices things up. Our film crews continue, and may the adventure continue for the enjoyment of our holospectators.
Don't forget,...after this ordeal, the ULTIMATE adventure.
Dear Holospectators, don't forget our contest and also to participate to influence LIVE the course of the trials of our dear Adventurers.
Online we still have the financial magnate MISTER KIM!
The intrepid Barbouze, mercenary and Jack of All trades, MISTER TREVIS!
And the talented adventurer, full of surprises, princess of the jungle and tamer of wild animals: MISS EVA!
Don't forget to bring your Holoterminals and applaud our finalists of this wonderful Adventure!
-Symbol: APPLAUD!
It disgusted me. But I was going to get revenge!
I ran among the raptors and threw a monster charm on one of them and cracked a whip!
SNAP, SNAP, SNAP!
In Draconian:
I am your queen now, I am from ARCADIA! And I am here to bring you back! Obey me or die!
The raptors lay on their bellies in front of me and I turned to the biggest camera!
YOU CALL THAT A HUNT?
Look at those poor beasts!
The raptors squealed and crawled at my feet. One of them dared to lick me...
"GET DOWN! And I cracked the whip"!
But I wasn't finished. I threw a spell of force and shield on the raptors and I said ATTACK! on the other participants.
But the raptors, wearing collars, were paralyzed. So I climbed up on one of them, tore the collar off and approached Mr. KIM who had no gun in range. He was leaning against his car, but the mouth of the raptor was a few centimeters from his head and he would not have time to run back to safety.
"Let's talk about the contract, Mr. Kim, your life for a signature for World! I assure you the prototype works and the sale of the dragons has contributed greatly to your profits. "
"You're a very remarkable and, I would say, persuasive secretary. But don't think you'll always have the upper hand. You're young and old wolves like me in the parade of those who tried to extort me."
"This contract is honest! Face the truth. Who do you think will take over from Artemis? World!, of course."
"Eva, Eva, you misunderstand me. The one who's going to take over is Meredith Vickers...
The official heiress to Artemis. Normally it would be World Peter who would inherit, but his wife, out of concern for survival, has placed Meredith as the heiress. At least if she doesn't get Word, she'll get Artemis.
I'm also her legal guardian. Right now she's on a very, very long cryostasis journey, and I have to look out for her interests.
But I don't want any more conflict and I want this war to end, I can see that you deserve it and so I'm going to sign that contract now. On the condition that you let me live," he said with a resurrected humour. Ah, and the promise of a terraforming unit for the world it plans to colonize.
The deal was signed and he was sent to Worldd who gave me the green light to retrieve the dragon without destroying Artemis or implicating World and co..
We were then qualified for the ultimate test.
Trevis looked at me with hatred and Kim looked at me with respect. He rubbed his cheek and waved that I would pay him!
I showed him my tail sword, which I passed off as a belt or cybernetic implant hidden under my skirt. I took my sword and licked it and went around my throat to let him know that he was going to lose his life!
We went to rest in the camp, me, surrounded by the raptors and them by the mercenaries who envied me: it was not 3 camps that observed each other but 2 camps: EVA of the jungle and Artemis and company....